The Dutch Ladies Tinne, in the Sudan

Alexine was a well-heeled Dutch lady with
connections to the Dutch Royal family. She was born in The
Hague in1835 and lived there for the first two decades of
her life. Both she and her mother loved to travel. They
traveled widely within Europe and then south to the
Mediterranean. They finally ended up in the Wilds of Africa
following the origins of the Nile. Surrounded by a large
retinue of employees, Alexine fearlessly faced the hazards
of nineteenth century travel in Africa as the leader of her
own expedition. Almost two centuries later, a similarly
exceptional countrywoman of hers, the author, decided to
follow her heart and went to live in the Sudan. She felt
that it was her destiny to re-discover and then to write the
story of Alexine.